The evening world. Newspaper, January 19, 1895, Page 2

* i he Fiataat avenue, he stated that the followin system were being operate: street line six cars out 3 Ninth avenu mth avenue, eight cars out GOL HARR: Ww. aIcHEL Ne twenty, Yr it. HT ample ea to ne. ce 18 morning, but sent out word owas prepared to stand by” the tions which he made yesterday, tothe cars on the Bergen street an th and Ninth avenue lines would Tunning regularly before the day was Wi tion of the territory ta tbe fhe De Kalb avenue and in avenue lines, the people living Outskirts of the city are prac without any greater transport: ities than they were on the/| y ch are tbe avenue, Fulton, street, | street an ifth avenue lines are poorly patronized, because the peo- atraia 10 ae voor to me ercies of the crowds along or run the risk of being wrecked ES inexperienced motormen. afternoon President Norton selephon to the Bergen street depot, ten additional care taken out. LEWIS SAYS HE WILL WAIT. Better System of Protect! sary to Ren All ¢ Prestdent Daniel F. Lewis, of the Brooklyn City Rafiroad, sald this after- noon that he would open two more car Mines, and would run the Fulton avenue cars through to East New York. Nostrand avenue and the Gates ave- hue line are the two they will endeavor to put in running order before night. th ible (oat the Tompkins av Rue line will also be opened. ’. id that after consulta- tion ‘with Commissioner Welles, he had decided not to try to open all his lines Until a better organization of protection been effected. ‘a BOW Baye 101 Someien our eres mes a, In operation, and eight fnore wih de added to the Fulton avenue service,” sald he. President Lewis said he had not asked to have the militia called out,,but he that it had heen done, as ft would assist the Company in operating the lines, Necea- “\They Declare the Companies Have Not Men Enoug' Master Workman James Kelly, who in the leader of the strikers on the Fifth avenue branch of the Atlantic Avenue line, was found at Centennial Hall this morning surrounded by strikers. To an “Evening World” reporter he said: “We are not at all disconcerted at the action of the companies in having the militia called out. It only illustrates What desperate straits they have been @riven to. “More than anything else, it demon- strates their own weakness, As a mat- ter of fact, they have less men to-day to man the cara than they had yester- It was never the Intention of the strikers to resort to violence, and none Of the offenses so fur committed can be St our door. They were the work of sym gers. “In my opinion the strike Is won, and before Monday morning I think’ the companies will give in. I don’t believe they have half a dozen men to run cars from the Seventh or Ninth avenue de- pot ‘Out of forty-seven men who have been brought from Philadelphia we h Persuaded forty to join our ranks, and We can continue to do the same, as we Rave our agents among them in the SCHIEREN IS WORRIED. He Profeanes to Believe that Trame Is Soon to Be Restore When Mayor Schieren reached the Clty Hall this morning, he was evident- ly in no amiable frame of mind, The Worry and anxiety of the past five days had’ begun to tell upon him, and he looked worn and troubled. After spending nearly an hour in con gultation with various members of his cabipet, including Police Commissioner Welles, and Corporation Counsel Me- Donald, he consented to receive “the Rewspaper representatives. tat eye nothing further to say," he “in regard to the situation, ex- W Sept that I have received ‘reports from railroad companies, and am in- that they ure starting up their ae they promised to do it tey ven sufficient protection. ink that they are doing very well, t the people of the city will soon Wided with their usual travelling it was suggested to the Mayor neither the Brovklyn Heights hor tic avenue mani e ful- Promises. they made to Ir cars, if the miliua were out, and that hardly any addi- lonal accommodations were being fur- is! to the iblic, despite the fact ly 2,000 soldiers were on duty us depots, the Mayor said he so informed, and he under- it cas ware ‘being run on all Spice furnished with Sia John B, King, 1. H, Keene and Daniel! These latter occasionally Jered the new Driscoll, They called to protest against the stoppage of the Third avenue iine. They said no cars had been run since Monday, and that It injured their nena. They had been led to expect th milla would protect the comp that cal id ‘un, Everybody neighborhood tl + 4 represented Was sympathy with the strikers, they sald and wanted to see the old’ men taken back. s ‘The Mayor replied that he was doing the best he could, As to tiking any action against the companies, that would come within the province of the Law Department of the city, Ihe men went away very much dis- gruntied and indignant. WOMEN LED THIS OUTBREAK. Sweeper Attacked by a Laie Crowd. ‘The most serious disturbance reported | up to noon to-day occurred about 11.30 on the Sumner avenue line of the! Suburban Compan: ‘The car which had been started trom the depot met with no obstruction till it turned into Troy avenue, where the fee and snow on the track threw it from the ral ‘A big crowd soon collected, and as ew Thirteenth Regiment Armor; THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, but did not «of violen men on the cars, Hd not think there we oy at that point extremely fool- here," said he. away like feath. riders to station m juat obeying ther a how long we shall re men here T have ni main be | ‘The ‘women sympathizers with strikers are very much more — bit against the Brooklyn City, Railroad ¢ pany than are the men, A ttle knot of them stood shivering near the stable In Ja whirling snowstorm. One of them sai. ‘ow the men can act. They said Inst night that 1f the soldiers came out they would take to the roofs and continue the fight from there, There be hot work before this trouble Is over."* MOTORMAN HIT WITH A BRICK Halsey Street Cars Attacked--N ly the Fall Complement Rann The cars of the Halsey street and Put- nam ayenue line began to go out from the station at 7 o'clock this morning. Capt. Dunn and a force of about sev- enty-five police were on hand to protect the company until the soldiers arrived. At 7.50 a battalion of the Forty-sev- enth Regiment under Major Eddy ar- rived. It consisted of four companies, D, F, G and 1, and numbered 200 men. Tho companies ‘6 in command of Capts Fish, Calligan, Barthman and Libbey respectively, At that hour the crowd of strikers at the depot was com- + srativery small. The guardamen were drawn up around the depot and formed a line completely around the block. They were ordered not to allow any one to come within the lines. One of the soldiers on duty there was Corpl. Shea, of Company G, who was assaulted last night by strikers while he was at work at the depot of the Com- pany. He was one of the non-union men who K nay one of the Halsey street Cars yesterday, The ‘men who attacked him knocked him down and gave him two black cyes, and when he went to the armory last night all bruised up it thought he would be unfit tor duty to- ry. He was = hand, howe mood. ‘Ng iaC after & o'clock a train of four car led by car No, 1,334, and operated by Motorman Kelly, left the depot to carry soldiers of the bwenty-thitd Regiment to The Twenty-third Regiment Armory. there were no police at that point It Iooked “as it thre would be trouble, Word was sent back to the depot, and @ sweeper and sand car were sent to the assistance of the disabled car. ‘There was a policeman on each of there two cars, and when they reached the acene of the accident it was found that the [mob had increased to nearly & thousan rsons, ithe women. in the crowd led in. the outbreak, and one of them started to throw snowballs at the policemen and the other men on the care. The police were powerless to keep the crowd back. One of the men on the sweeper named Smith was dragged from the car and Into @ neighboring saloon, where he was persuaded to desert. ‘A squad of mounted police dashed up followed by about fifty patrolmen. The crowd had grown so dense that the lice made very little impression on It, ut at last the disabled car was righted and it started again on Its way for the Broadway fe The crowd followed tt along both sides of the street, pelting tt with snowballs and anything’ which came handy. A few blocks further down the pollce “made another charge upon the mob and xcat- tered It In every direction. Some of the crowd ran down into the alde streets, and others into the neighboring saloons and stores, while the motorman in- creased the speed and the car shot ahead and out of danger. One of the new employees the fand-car, @ boy, sixteen years old, from Boston, stuck to his post despite the attempts of the crowd to induce him to join them, One or two men tried to climb up on the car and drag him off, but he beat them back with his shovel. Aa on Iton street and Sumner avenue, about ock, a wire of the Sumner avenue road burned out and. fourteen, cars were stalled ‘A mob gathered and induce the men inc cara to join forces with them suc ceeded In making two of the men desert thelr cars The police and militia then charged upon the mob, and In the strugele that ensued one of the policemen was hu The militiamen are protesting against the quality and amount of the food that is being supplied them, WILL FIGHT FROM ROOFS. Women Sny There Will He Hot Work in Bush Street. Details of thirty men each from com- panies A. B, C, D, EB and G, of the Fourteenth Regiment, under Major Klein, arrived at the Bushwick street depot at 8 o'clock this morning. The men were in full marching order, and had twenty rounds of ball cart- ridges in their belts, Guards were at once set around the building and commenced patrolling. The rest of the men were massed inside the building. Simultancously with the arrival of the militia 100 policemen, under Capt Rhodes, of the Seventh Precinct, Alta at the depot and lined up in front o There were not man: Knots of me Bal ef in the side street but for ever riking rat) vd man ere ere tive idlers and loafers. endeavored to Strikers present Had the Crip Twice PROSTRATED, ALTH BROKEN DOWN, MGHT SWEATS, ETC, Hy on Taking Hood's %\ ri *' My husband had the grip twice, and the sesond Attack left Lins in @ prostrated condition, health-tone very low, very weak, and with NO appetite, and did not gain strength, When he slept he would havesuch persplrations that Ris clothing would be wringing wet and bis fleah very cold. 1 proposed that he should take Hood's Sarsapartiia,and jt cid him good. He 1s now taking his sixth bottle; has n night sweats; has a good appetite; has Gained Ray Flatbush At Hopkina aven my IT suppose until the matter Is / bish. the | a m= | ‘Twentieth and no demon: The second car left the depot o'clock, It was brought to a stands wentieth street, below Ninth ave- about six hundred feet from the ting point. A mob of strikers had rolled several huge boulders across the tracks, and piled up @ quantity of rub- Hlectrician Silliman, who acted as | motorman, cleared the track, The cars which followed also came to grief. A switch had been thrown out of lace and when the car struck It, It Jumped the Falls and ran into the gutter, | A gang of men from the depot restored it to the track and it continued on its Journey. — TROLLEY WIRES CUT. Strikers Fr Ra non Up ‘The first attempt to run cars on the upper portion of Fulton street, resulted In failure, Since yesterday at noon, the cars have been running below Tomp- kins avenue, but because of the threat- ening aspect of affairs It was not thought prudent to go above that point. President Lewis, of the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, notified the police at noon to-day that he contem- Plated opening the line ite full length at o'clock In some manner the strikers heard of his Intention and they prepared to frus- trate It Crowds began gathering in the vicinity orth: ter noon, and of the depot sl when the extra squada of police reached the scene, the sidewalks and the plaza in front of the depot were jammed. Bhortly after 1 o'clock the doors of the depot swung open and tl first car emerged, It had gone but a short di tance when the motorman overed that the overhead wires had been ripped from the fastenings. A storm of hissen greeted the motor- man as he endeavored to pase the ob- struction. Further on down the atreet the stril with old rails, logs of boulders. The crowd surged around the car and pelted the motorman with snowballs and chunks of Finally Capt. Dunn ordered hix men to clear the #treet. The mounted police charged upon the crowd, and in five minutes the street was cleared. The car waa hauled back to the depot. An examination of the wires showed that they had been cut In several places. Linemen were put to work repatring the breaks, and {t was expected that another attempt would be made this afternoon to run cars on this road While the police were driving the mounted officer _rode through a window In a saloon on Sack- man street. He was thrown to the ground and badly cut. o'clock je the Attempt to two cars reached crossing with twenty relief io had been sent out by the y Were immediately surrounded by strikers, who induced eighteen of them to join their ranks. CHARGED BY THE MILITIA. Crowd Driven Away from Twenty-fourth Street Depot. At 8 o'clock Major Willlam FE. Spencer arrived at the Fifth avenue depot of the Atlantic Avenue Company, at Tyen- ty-fourth street, with about 20 men and officers Pickets were placed at Twenty-third nd Twenty-second streets, on both aide: of the way. The pickets at the Twenty- third street corner, near the depot, were instructed to allow no one to pass. ‘They compelled all pedestrians to Armory of the Fourteenth Regiment. and boys met the cars and threatened Kelly. Stones were fired, but he stuck to hie brake reached his destination without mishap. On the return trip, however, another i i crowd barred the progress of ‘tne cars, | and a conerted attack ‘as made on the motorman and conductor The lat- ter escape: but a well-almed brick knocked Kelly senseless, and he was taken to the Flatbush, Hospital, Two non-union men succeeded in get- ting the cars back to the depot. ‘AL the latter place at 10 o'clock the crowd in the street was so dense and threatening. that the mounted poilce made a hasty charge and, by vigorously using their nightsticks, succeeded in clearing the streets for three blocks. company had at that hour thirty- ars in operation and claimed. to rews for fifty-three, one less than its full complement. ‘The policemen complained about hay: Ing to go without food since yesterday ani the company supplied them with sandwiches and coffee. The resident: at Nos, 45 and 47 Halsey street ex. tended similar courtesies, Corporal Cherry, of Company I., while serving orders on his Satins was at- tacked by a number of strikers opposite the car stables, knocked down and se- verely kicked about the body, He was sent to his armor: Edward Duffy, of 38 Van Buren tree Was arrested for throwing stones: at a car. He was sent to the Gates Avenue Court, whore he was held for trial by J e Quigley, Car No 1,316, in charge of John Whal- en, on its return trip from the bridge, was held up by about thirty. men on Halsey street, near Ralph avenue. “Get off that car, or you'll get a dose than your partner sald one of the crowd." Whalen switched the electric current into the car tracks. There was blaze of flame along the rails for forty feet and the crowd drew back, When the tracks were c.eared, Whalen proceeded uptown, Another car 8 held up at Patchen avenue, Stones and b ‘ks fell around the motorman, and one of the strikers struck ht a stinging blow in the face. The polle ttered the or i, ania man named Duffy, of 38 Van Buren street, was arrested. PELTED WITH SNOWBALLS, irat Car on Seventh Avenue Had te Ran « G ‘Orne fot yesterday, venth avenue line this morning left the stables at Ninth avenue and Twen- Heth streer at 8.4, It was car 131, and as in charge of Division Supt. Tark- of the Atlantic Avenue Company, was no trouble In the vicinity depot where the detachment of wenty-thind Regiment was in A squad of police under Sergt. of the Fifth Precinct, charg ke, e g the depot the car was run with difficulty on account of the tee When Seventh was found that abled et was me up ft motorman rapidly in strength, and bas not feit Barsa- Hood’s %: Cures iu years, We shall always recommend Hood's Semeperilian ' Mas. Ll. & Haverean, Ray, Gopense County, Visto, 1 with snowballs, Tho police succeeded in keeping the crowd off and the car did not stop. It Was plain ‘that the strikers had given wits tea Rg Lh ord with the» care jebor, Where the Fa effect nte entent pI they’ ‘The first car which was sent out on the| was also is of Women and was My easly Rear Ones | ame free the \ President Lewis end Others Hear Lawyer Giblin Before the Arbi- tration mmission. | cross to the other side of the street. | ‘The strikers gathered around thelr head- quarters, Centennial Hall, and watched the milltary officers place out their pickets in stience, The mai car which should leave at 6. A;,M- was not despatched to-day until iB, At 7.90 o'clock four cars were sent out. The South Ferry branch, which w open yesterday, vould not’ be operat: thie morning until the snow-plough had been sent over the route. ‘After the troops had been stationed at the Fifth avenue depot an hour the strikers began to thin out. They h their pickets out early this morning, and intercepted five new men on their way to. the depot, join their ranks. Towa noon they _ebgan to gather again, and became very demon- ative. They could not near the depot, which’ was guarded by a bat talion of soldiers, but pread out down the avenue, and howled and hooted at every car that came along No attempt was made by either the olice or militia to disperse this crowd so jong as It offered no Vir Who Were running the c Just after lock creased so largely that twenty-fiy so.diers was clear the street below the depot. The entire avenue was filed between Twenty- third and Twent purth streets. The militia charged the mob, with muskets at. p: arms, on both of the avenue, and forced it down as far as Twenty-se di street, where Pickets were posted and no war | allowed within that distance depot, ‘his was the first active duty that the troops were called upon perform at this point, The crowd offered very lit- tle resistance to the soldiers, who were assisted by a squad of mounted police, who cleared the roadway, while the peo- ple were belng shoved along the aide- ied lowly, however, and were soflged io" ehove ed The 4 hs the crowd in; a platoon of ordered to their ‘easton, ere was con- Son eaten nw whom they persuaded to) hts bee mer Biderable éxcitement in it became evident that they were to be cleared fro @ block, and as thi treate fore the platoon of guards. men they, mocked and jeered at them and made unpleasant remarks about “tin soldiers.” At 2.30 o'clock this afternoon a mob of about 30) gathered in the Fifth avenue depot and begun to guy the militiamen, n intoxicated man in the crowd tried to force his way trough the lines, and had @ hand-to-hund conflict with one of the fergeanta, Capt. Silden, of the Twenty-third Regt- ment, ordered the men to charge the crowd, which they did in su half- hearted way that they made no impres- sion on the mob. Five mounted policemen then to the acene and the crowd quict tered. No arrests were made. Some of the strikers ran up the atairs to the Elevated tation and dropped chunks of tce on the militia below. President Lewis sald this afternoon that he wanted to start eight new lines on the Brooklyn Heights system to- morrow morning, but it remained with the Police Commissioners to say whether or not it would be done. HISSES FOR THE SOLDIERS. crowd when ralloped uly acat- The first point that was covered by the militia. this m ofthe "Atlantic ‘avenue line, ‘at Mem avenue and Twentieth street. ‘This depot is considered one of the most important owned by the Company, and the police have, since the first day of the strike, looked for trouble at this point, when the cars were to be started. Three lines are operated from this depot. At 6 o'clock th Frerping, ‘260 sol- diers left the renty-third Regiment Armory at Franklin avenue and pergen it. H, C. Everdell, street, in chai for t Ninth a ot Company lepot. 6 men took a train on the Kings County “L" at Franklin avenu id were transferred to the Fifth ue branch of the Brooklyn “L” lat- bush avenue. They occupied two cars, exclusively, Although ‘it was early when the sol- diers left the station at Twentieth street and Fifth avenue, a large crowd was resent, They followed the soldiers uj 'wentieth street hissing and jeering all windows in the the way. Phe’ treet and shook Women threw w tenement-houses on their fists at the military men as they marched by, At Seventh avenue and Twentieth Street a halt was called in front of the Atlantic Avenue Company's car she ‘The eoldiers were compelled to stand shivering in the cold for over an hour. Finally the order was given, and they marched on to the Ninth avenue depot. Pickets were distributed for seve! blocks about the depot, and the ord “Btack arms,” was given to the re mainder of the men. ery man in the company carried his gun and bayonet and a full supply of ball cartridges, The officers carried pistols in their belts, TURNED A CAR OVER. Strikers Were About to Burn It When the Police Arrived. ‘The first car out on the Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban road left the depot at Bergen street and Sumner avenue about 10 o'clock. The trip down to the Broadway Ferry was made in safety, but the return was full of excitement and danger. The green motorman did not know the way and took the first track he saw. It took him out Harrison avenue on a foreign line, Thousands of people saw the mistake, but their sympathies were with the men and they would not tell him he was going in the wrong direc- tion. When he reached a point about a mile and a half away from where he should be he encountered a mob of strikers. ‘They surrounded the car and the motor- man saw his only chance of safety wi in flight. He was a good sprinter and got away. The crowd took the car and turned it upside down and were prepar- ing to bulld a bonfire inalde when some policemen drove them off. ‘Another cat which left the depot was surrounded, and the motorman, losing his head, ran through a switch and started downtown on the It looked as th ¢ trouble, but a squ militiamen was called, ‘and the crowd was forced back into the lots. ‘There was no attempt at stone-throwing. F >—- CONTE TERRIBLY BEATEN. He Was a Striker, but W to Return to Work, Charles Conte, an old conductor on the Fifteenth street line of the Atlantic avenue system, was assaulted this morn- ing by strikers, and ts now in a critical condition, He js the father of a large family, which is in want. He held out until the actual necessaries of life were wanted for the little ones, then he de- cided to return to work. He was to have made his first trip since the tie-up this morning, and the strikers heard of it. At 6 o'clock four of them caught Conte as he was pase ing the house sf John Bush, 52 Vander- bilt avenue, Windsor Terrace, and beat him terribly. Conte war gent to his home, and w: rants will be tasued for the arrest of the four men. POLICE DREW REVOLVERS, Three Care on Bergen by a Crowd, Four companies of the Thirteenth Reg- iment, 16 men, under command of Major Cochran, reached the depot of the Ber- gen street line, on Sumner avenue, short- ly before 8 o'clock. Each man had forty rounds of ammunition. The men were at once placed on picket duty, ‘There was also @ squad of police pres- ent on walting orders, under command of Capt. Dyer, of the Twelfth Precinct. ‘Three cars which were started out were stalled at Vanderbilt avenue, The men in charge were inexperienced, and ft believed the mortor boxes were run out Master Workman Joseph Knight, whe (fo im charge of: strikers om the me About 1896, line, has asked the crowd at that point to make no demonstraion. Notwithstanding thin request the cars were immediately surrounded by a mob and stones, oranges and lumps of coal were thrown, ‘The windows of all the cars were shat tered and several of the motormen an. fonductors were struck but none setious- ed. The police made four arrests, The streets about the Bergen street station Are guarded by the members of the Thirteenth Regiment. The militia drove the crowd back at the point of the bayonet for several blocks. he damaged were brought in when the excitement was its height. hey passed through the crowd ali right, but when another car was brought up with two policemen aboard, the mob surrounded it, and were only ‘disperse: when the policemen drew thelr re- "the" he B @ cars on the Bergen street line were run very irregularly. The Company usually runs @ car every 12 minutes, but Up to noon there were waits of from 20 minutes to half an hour between car: The strikers on the Bergen street line id a meeting this morning in the Wigwam, Atantic and Albany avenues. They were not disconcerted becaure the militia had been called out, and de- would now been mi @ big bluff that they were an to give the people full setvice if they were protected,” said one. “They've got ail the protection they need. Why don't Th ipeaker said he was satisfied with tuation, and was more confident than ever that the strikers would win. COLLISIONS WERE FREQUENT New Mem om the Court Street Li Do Plenty of Damage. ‘The new men on the Court street cars do not seem to have derived much bene- fit from their five days’ practice. This morning delays are very frequent. Cara stuck on curves, trolley poles were lost and collisions with passing vehicles are almost a matter of course. Crowds of small boys ran after the cars jeering at the new men and taking every opportunity to nese them with- out resorting to actual violence. STRAIN ON “L” ROAD MEN. Many Fire and Condoctors to Have Given Ont. During the strike the great number of pasrengers carried on the “Loads has caused such a strain upon the fire- men and engineers that some of them have already given out from sheer ex- haustion. ‘The compantes have been able to re- leve the strain upon the brakemen and conductors, but {t was learned to-day that many’ of the engineers and firemen on both the Brooklyn and Kings Count “L" roads have been compelled to worl forty hours stretch. pel a RETURNED STRIKERS SORE. Pre: it Partridge’s Motormen Not All Satisfied Now. The strikers who returned to work on the De Kalb avenue lines are beginning to believe that they were very far from getting the best of their agreement —_—_—_[—$_—_—$——— AN ALDERMAN CURED. Cured by Dr. Daily Hampshire ‘The editorial columns of the Northampton (Mass.) Daily Hampshire Gazette of Dec. 28th, give the particulars of the remarkable cure by Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. of Alderman Charles 8. Crouch, one of Northamp- with President Partridge, and are grumbling exceedingly over the time scheaules under which the cars are run. ‘They say that they have to work twelve and fourteen hours @ day, as they did before, and there was talk all day yes- terday of the possibility of a second strike on those roads, © GEN. M'LEER, BRIGADE COMMANDER. Col. Partridge said he had not heard about it until informed by Mayor Schieren. The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Com- through its counsel, will appear efore Justice Gaynor in ‘the Supreme Court this morning and show cause, or attempt: to, in response to the order obtained by Lawyer Towns for Maior McNulty, of Wechsler & McNulty, why @ writ of mandamus should not ‘issue against tne Company compelilng it to start its line at once. > STATIONED ON THE BLUFF. Flatbush Guarded at Two Points There was no trouble along the Flat- bush avenue line. At the Prospect Park Plaza, where so much disorder hi oc curred since the beginning of the strike, a detachment of the Fourteenth Regi- ment, consisting of 100 men under Major Tobey, went on duty about 8 o'clock. The soldiers were stationed on picket duty along the bluff, and patrolled up and dow ‘They had orders to keep the crowd away from the tracks, and very few of the strikers or their friends were in sight when the cars began running. At the station and car-houses at Ave- nue © and Flatbush avenue, two com- anies from the Twenty-third Regiment, bry command of Capt. Stokes, were «i tailed to guard the property of the Com- pany. They were drawn up in front of the depot, and the line extended down the ayentic several hundred. yards. There was no sign of trouble at 9 o'clock, and the soldiers had not been called upon to exercise their authority. The Company started out cars on About the same running schedule as yes: terday. It was said that they were run- ning all the cars they could provide for and at that hot they were leaving the depot every five minutes me del has been caused by the snow on the tracks, but it was sald by the “strikers in that vicinity, that. th Company could not run any more. ca because they had not a sufficient nu ber of men. Before the strike the Fla bush avenue cars ran under three min. \dway. Capt. Buckholtz is in charge of the police the Flatbush depot. He id this morning that he did not an- ny serious disorders in that is the presence of the soldiers in addition to the police would prev the crowd from attempting any violenc RODE A HORSE INTO A HOUSE. jcholson Chased an Old Too Slow. The strikers in the vicinity of the Halsey street depot accuse the police of wantonly clubbing inoffensive citizens, ‘Their complaints are more particularly directed against Policeman Nicholson, of the Fourteenth Precinct, It 1s alleged that he clubbed an old man to-day beoause the latter could not move quickly enough to please him, and that he chased the old man into a ‘hall way, following him Inside the building on horseback. ton'sablest and best-known statesmen. Editor J. C, Gere, of this leading newspaper, personally investigated the facts of this wonder- ful cure, and his widely read editorial states the details of the cure exactly as they occurred, giv- ing Hon. Mr. Crouch's own words Pollowing {s the editorial in full: Learning that « great cure had been effected in Alderman Chas, H. Crouch, of Northampton, Masa, by Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, @ report ‘ccaston to call on Mr. Crouch and talk with him about it, and among the thousands of testimonials given to this world-renowned medicine, none will be more widely read or give greater weight than this one coming from so noted » man as Alderman Crouch. ‘Mr. Croneh is one of the plain, old-fasuloned Kind of men, outspoken, and always mean just what be says, In conversation with Mr. Crouch he sald: “Last Spring { 414 not feel in my usual health; felt as tired in the morning ax when I retired hed no energy nor ambition to go about s day’ work; no appetite with which to regain strength ‘and energy. In this condition 1 worked along from week to week, thinking that after a while mattera would right themselves and [ would (ee! Uke myself again, But tothe contrary, I grew worse, ‘Knowing that Dr. Greene's Nervura was not patent medicine, but a medicine put up from a preacrintion discovered by the doctor in his pri- practice, T resolved to try it. The frat bottle helped me no much that I purchased another one and even «third bottle, when, to my great joy, I found myself aswell as ever [was in my life; and, furthermore, have remained 80," In further conversation he said: “Dr, Greene's Nervura is a great medicine There {8 no humbug about tt! It was made to cure, and It does cure! Noone need be afraid to ‘ape tt"? nue line's depot, at Fifth avenue and Twenty-fourth street, shouted with joy when two non-union men made a break for the etreet and joined their ranks. The deserters were men from Boston. They declared that they were nearly starved, and that they were almost ex- sted for lack of sleeping accommo- ont The strikers escorted them to a res- taurant, and after @ hearty breakfast committee saw them safely on board of @ train bound for the Hub. eta THE MILITARY DETAIL. The Special Detachments G Property All Thro thy ‘The distribution of the militia through- out the city was quickly accomplished without any special incident. The va- rious companies and detachments were placed as follow: Fourteenth Regiment—Two companies of 100 men, under the command of Major B. H, Tobey, on the bluffs of the Flat- bush avenue reservoir, Two hundred men under Major A. L. Klein, Bush street depot of the Court street line. Two hundred held in reserve armory, North Portland avenu Myrtle avenue. Twenty-third Regiment—Companies G and H, Brooklyn Heights Railroad Di pot, Fifty-eighth street and Third ay; nue. Company A—Flatbush depot. Company C—Seventh avenue Twentieth street. Companies I and K, Fifth avenue and Twenty-third street. Third Gatling Battery, Capt. H. Rasquin, armory, Clermont avenue. Bignal Corps—Towers of the armories and roof of Police Headquarters, Battalion of four companies under Major Eddy, Forty-seventh Regiment, Brooklyn Heights depot, Halsey street and Broadway. Four companies of the Forty-seventh Regiment held in reserve in the armory, ie: W’LEER IS PLEASED. at the near and ‘The horse got stuck between a couple of boxes and Nicholson had to 4 before the animal could be The old man escaped. NON-UNION MEN DESERT. Ther Co nini nie Being Poorly Fea Just after daybreak the strikers gath- im the y of the Atlantic ave- ased. a eal Says His Men Ri the Cal -Gen, James McLeer, commanding the Second Brigiie, made the following statement this afternoon: ‘I am gratified at the promptness of the men of my command in responding to the call to defend the State. first order was verbal, followed by « ittem command, Before I returned ded Promptly eal Crouch and Editor J. C. Gere, 5.) tong Alderman Chas. S. Crouch, of Northampton, Greene’s Nervura. Mr. in the Gazette, Give This Wonderful Remedy a Glowing Tribute. ALDERMAN CHARLES 8 CROUCH? Day by day he praises this wonderful medicine to his friends and neighbors, as the one sure way to regain their health, His wife, also, used Dr. Greene's Nervure blood and nerve remedy to great advantage, and, lke her husband, has been cured and now enjoys her old-time health. ‘Mr. Crouch has always been an active manin town and city affairs, In old town-meeting days he was always on*'..4 to help with bis eloquent oratory the pressing needs of the time, and since Northampton has been @ city he has served for neveral years In {te government, and at the last election he received the largest vote for wldermam heever had. Hets contractor, and during the past few years has built nome of the finest houses Roth Mr, and Mra Crouch gave Df, raise of giving them a medicine that will cure and keep them well, ‘The word of this widely known city govern- ment official, Alderman Crouch, should have the most convincing welght with the public, but | when we have added to this the fact that the Northampton Datly Hampshire Gasrtte, @ news Paper of the highest standing, vouches editorially for the truth of every word, and its editorsta es that he has personally investigated all the. + of the marvellous cure, there should be no heal: tation by the people to use this great medical dis- covery, this wonderful curer of disease, Dr, Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. It tna fact, nolonger tobe doubted, that this rem- ‘edy cures—that {t makes those who use it strong and well—that It is the surest and most certain cure for disease known at the present day. Itis nota patent medicine, but the prescription of the most success(ul living specialist in curing nervous and chronic diseases, Dr. Greene, of 38 West 14th Bt., New York City. He has the largest practice in the world, and this grand medical discovery ts the result of bis vast expert ence, The great reputation of Dr. Greene is guarantee that thin medicine will cure, and the fact that he can be consulted by any one at any time free of charge, personally ot by letter, gives absolute assurance of the beneficial actien of this wonderful medicine. ements. SQUARE Na cy rar ODGE 4 ss" Box Onite open ostay Auction Sales, BE'S SALE—NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN the undersigned, the duly appointed ae Peover MoNaughton, for’ the benedt “ot at public y 1) th rnishing goods longing to sald estate. Terms cash, and full particulars can be obtained of the undersigned, Jol iP Jast night there were enough men ia the armories to keep perfect order, “It would not be proper for me to say where the soldiers have been sent, or what places are looked upon as weal, I will say that no man was assigned to duty until after consultation with the Mayor and police officials, We are act~ n concert.” militiamen’ welchme ian do this sort of affords for a idea that the opportunity to duty for the prospect it chance to shoot. The idea See van matter ot fact the eatly Inconventence: affair, ang will be glad when the trouble is over, Every man knows that if he fires a bullet from his gun it will maim or kill some one. The men will not be unnecessarily severe, but they will de their duty. “To-day the soldiers have been jeered at by the strikers or their sympathizers, but ‘they have acted calmly and pre served the peace. I have no idea how long it will be necessary to keep the militia on duty, but they Will be kept as ‘as they are required. hope that after this a: some other way will be found for sete tling disputes between labor and capital than by a strike and its attending dis- order, and that tn future, employers apd eir'men will be on terms 0 and harmony, — + WHO THE SOLDIERS ARE, The men on duty form trained soldiers, and Tepresent the ent tire Second Brigade, of which Brij Gen, James McLeer is commander, ‘The Mayor of Brooklyn first his lack of confidence in the abliicen ed the police force to cope with the strike late last night. His decision was forced by the declaration by the trolley roads that they would start all their cars this morning, with or without ana voy